Hana Financial posts record 9-month profit of W3.62tr

Hana Financial Group posted a record net profit of 3.62 trillion won ($2.73 billion) in the first nine months of the year, while its share buybacks and cancellations approached 1 trillion won, marking its largest-ever shareholder return. The group said Friday that its consolidated net profit for the third quarter reached 1.22 trillion won, up 2.4 percent from the previous quarter and 7.8 percent from a year earlier. It was the highest quarterly profit since the group merged with Korea Exchange B

Source: The Korea Herald